On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 10:35:13PM -0500, Justin Pryzby wrote: > Arg. I can never remember the name of the power() function. :) > So I end up trying a^b and a**b which fail for fractional powers. > Would it be possible to make a synonym for power()? [...] > # Automatically generated email from bts, devscripts version 2.8.5 > close 288886
Looks like you've changed your mind just before I was going to comment on the bug report. ;-) But since power() & friends seems to attract bug reports, I'll state my opinion nevertheless, for the archive. ^/** and power() are rather different operations. The former gives a precise result, the latter doesn't necessarily. So I'd prefer to give the user the choice which one he wants, instead of making ^/** an alias for power(). Besides, I think power() is a pretty good name for a function that raises x to the power of y. Martin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
